“This is good news – on social care the government has finally woken up to what many of us have been saying for some time – that hospitals and community services are desperately struggling, and that huge numbers of vulnerable older people are receiving inadequate or non-existent care.
“The extra funding will definitely help, but we await the details. We also welcome the announcement of a Green Paper on the long-term funding of social care – let us hope this time it results in action and not more words.”